Railway-tie and rail-fastener.



C. BIERNAT.

RAILWAY TIE AND RAIL FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14. 1918.

1,20,64A. Patented 00t.8,1918.

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CARL BIERNAT, 0F GLASFORD. ILLINOIS, ASSIG-N'OR 0F ONE-FOURTH T0 HARRY GBIGGS, 0F GLASFORD, ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY-TIE AND nAIL-EAsTENEn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

Application filed. June 14, 1918. Serial No. 239,928.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL BIERNAT, a subject of the Emperor of Austria, residing at Glasford, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvement in Railway-Ties and Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a railway tie formed for readily securing a rail in its operative arrangement thereon without the employment of screws or bolts but readily engaging and locking the rail when placed in position upon the tie.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a rail lock for railway ties adapted for receiving a rail and holding the same in position by reason of the weight of the rail, an automatic auxiliary retainer being also provided when desired.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in vertical section of a tie formed after the manner of my invention illustrating a rail in transverse section mounted thereon;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same illustrating the manner of positioning or removing the rail; 7

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken upon line III-III of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the same taken upon line IVIV of Fig. 1.

My invention provides a tie 10 formedof any suitable material such as wood having enlarged ends or blocks 11 provided with grooves or seats 12 longitudinal of the tie.

The sides of each block 11 are'cut away at 13 centrally of the sides of the seat 12 adapted for the reception of a rail such as 14 within said cutaway portions transs versely of the block 11. A clamp 15 having a semi-circular side 16 and an oppositely positioned jaw 17 is pivoted by means of a bolt 18 in each end of the eat 12.

The clamps 15 are normally facing each other and being tilted upwardly upon the bolt 18 they present receiving jaws 17 for the opposite base flanges 19 of the rail 14 as best illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

19 when the clamps are upwardly tilted, but I to firmly engage and clamp against the opposite edges of the base 19 upon depressing the clamps 15.

An automatic catch 22 is preferably provided for each clamp 15 being slidably positioned in a socket 23 together with an operating spring 24 whereby the downward movement of the clamp 15 permits the inner end of the catch 22 to seat into a keeper socket 25 in the adjacent side of the clamp. A releasing lever 26 is provided for each catch 22 pivoted as at 27 to the outer side of the block 11 so that pressure upon the lever 26 will release the catch 22 and permit the rail 14 to be forcibly elevated against the holding of the clamps 15 and thereby V upwardly tilt the said clamps and disengag- What I claim as new is A device of the class described comprising a rail having a longitudinal seat in one end thereof, clamps pivoted in the opposite ends of said seat provided with jaws in their inner faces, a railway rail adapted for positioning within the said jaws when the clamps are upwardly tilted and for clamping engagement therewith when positioned between the clamps when the rail and clamps are in their'normal depressed positions, the said clamps having keeper sockets in one side thereof, spring pressed catches slidably carried by the tie adapted for seating Within the said sockets when the clamps are depressed,and releasing levers for the said catches pivoted to the outer-side of the tie.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CARL BIERNAT.

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